PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION, AND WELLNESS.

Catalog description

This course will highlight the athletic trainer's role in promoting and maintaining the health and well-being of individuals and populations before and after injuries and illnesses. Emphasis will be placed on the epidemiology and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries, medial conditions, and chronic disease, emergency planning and care, environmental monitoring, nutrition and dietary interventions, biometrics, and other determinants including social, economic, and individual factors that affect health outcomes. Prerequisite: Admission to the MSAT Program.